Table 3.
Association Between Exposure of Self-Reported Trouble Hearing and Outcomes Related to Understanding Medicare from Adjusted Multivariate Analysisa
| Self-reported trouble hearing (Ref: no trouble) |
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|---|---|---|
| A little trouble Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) |
A lot of trouble Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) |
|
| Primary outcome | ||
| How easy is Medicare to understand (1, very easy; 4, very difficult) | 1.18 (1.10–1.27) | 1.25 (1.07–1.47) |
| Secondary outcomes | ||
| What they think they know about Medicare (1, everything you need; 5, Almost none of what you need) | 1.15 (1.08–1.23) | 1.16 (1.01–1.34) |
| How easy to review compare Medicare options (1, very easy; 4, very difficult) | 1.27 (1.19–1.36) | 1.49 (1.26–1.75) |
| How often review Medicare options (1, at least one every year; 4, never) | .98 (.91–1.05) | 1.06 (.91–1.25) |
| Enough info compare health insurance options (1, completely agree; 4, completely disagree) | 1.29 (1.20–1.39) | 1.34 (1.13–1.59) |
| Satisfied with Medicare info availability (1, very satisfied; 5, very dissatisfied) | 1.21 (1.14–1.28) | 1.28 (1.07–1.53) |
| Has called 800-MEDICARE for information (Ref: No) | 1.06 (.97–1.16) | 1.08 (.90–1.30) |
| Has visited www.medicare.gov (Ref: No) | 1.02 (.95–1.09) | 1.26 (1.06–1.50) |
Note: All models adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, income, dementia, insurance, vision impairment, and number of chronic conditions.
a
From authors’ analysis of data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey 2017.